In this article it is a study of 47 music student teachers from two class, one in Potsdam, New York and another in Huston, Texas. This study showed the student teaching did not change the classroom management styles or beliefs of the student teacher or the cooperating teacher.
In this study they took 47 music student teachers that had no courses in classroom management and put them into the classroom. Before and after the study they took a written survey that talked about their teaching beliefs and classroom management styles. They taught for a eight week period. The results were not what you would expect. They said that there was no change in their beliefs of teaching or in their classroom management styles. There are many factors that went into evaluating these results. These students have spent a lot of time in classrooms themselves throughout their teaching programs. Also their cooperating teachers might not have had an influence on them do to the fact that they volunteer for the position.
In looking at this study it showed me a lot. I believe that the more time you spend in the classroom the more you will learn about classroom management. I look at this like science, how can you believe that something is true unless you can prove it. Teachers can teach you all they want but it really comes to life when it is showed and proven to you. When i teach a lesson and then bring my class to the lab and prove and show them what I trying to teach them. The more time you spend in the classroom the beliefs you will build or the more other people's/ teachers' beliefs are proven to you. When they talk about the cooperating teachers this sound like it could be true just from some of the stories that I have heard from my peers in class. This article really showed me how I should take advantage of every time I walk into a classroom.
In this study they took 47 music student teachers that had no courses in classroom management and put them into the classroom. Before and after the study they took a written survey that talked about their teaching beliefs and classroom management styles. They taught for a eight week period. The results were not what you would expect. They said that there was no change in their beliefs of teaching or in their classroom management styles. There are many factors that went into evaluating these results. These students have spent a lot of time in classrooms themselves throughout their teaching programs. Also their cooperating teachers might not have had an influence on them do to the fact that they volunteer for the position.
In looking at this study it showed me a lot. I believe that the more time you spend in the classroom the more you will learn about classroom management. I look at this like science, how can you believe that something is true unless you can prove it. Teachers can teach you all they want but it really comes to life when it is showed and proven to you. When i teach a lesson and then bring my class to the lab and prove and show them what I trying to teach them. The more time you spend in the classroom the beliefs you will build or the more other people's/ teachers' beliefs are proven to you. When they talk about the cooperating teachers this sound like it could be true just from some of the stories that I have heard from my peers in class. This article really showed me how I should take advantage of every time I walk into a classroom.
Brand, Manny. (1985). Does Student Teaching Make a Difference?
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